How can I check if command running in screen is still running or it output with exception ?? So I can report it to user.
Im trying to execute command which is inserting data to mysql but from time to ...

Case scenario:
When I open my terminal, screen starts automatically. This is useful because I often need multiple screens locally within the same terminal.
However, if I connect via SSH to a server ...

I've discovered that if I go into "copy mode" or "scrollback mode" in a byobu screen, detach from it and leave it running, the buffer will fill up and eventually block the process I'm running in the ...

There are quite a lot precautions one is to take when running a process as a daemon. It seems to me that running it inside GNU Screen is a viable alternative, since it guarantees to run the process ...

I want to define bash functions and aliases in my remote shell automatically on login. I can't put the definitions into .profile or similar because the users I log in as are often shared with others ...

After reading the vague official doc of GNU screen( http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html ) and asking quite some questions at this site. I still cannot figure out how to accomplish ...

screen -RR is great. It does one of the two thing automatically:
If there is any detached screen session, it picks up one can attach to it.
If there is no detached screen session(no session yet, or ...

[ This can be considered step 2 of my previous question Is it possible to change GNU screen session name after created? ]
Actually, I'd like to write a script that can display current screen session ...

Using a normal bash prompt echo -e 'hello\tworld' produces a real tab.
However the same command run within GNU screen puts spaces between the two words.
I have tested this on
Ubuntu 10.04 with Screen ...

I'm very new to screen but have configured my ~/.screenrc file according to various recommendations I've found on the internet. I have one issue with it though which I'm sure could be resolved very ...

I want to know how to accomplish this: Open a new window in GNU/screen, by running a command.
Here's what I want to do:
I uses GNU/screen daily. My laptop runs in UTF-8 locale, and I need to ssh to ...

Is there any way to disable the behavior of gnu-screen, of issuing a clear at startup?
I'm using screen merely as a backstop, so that if disconnected, the session isn't HUP'ed. And I've got my shell ...

I learned to use gnu-screen and have been using it for the past several weeks. I got a grip of the basics now, and would be very helpful if I get these queries clarified:
How do I rename / reorder / ...

When running 'screen ls' the screen stops with the text [screen is terminating]. I would like screen to keep the session alive and reattach to it to see the output of ls.
Of course the real thing is ...

I want to keep a screen or tmux session running forever on a Ubuntu server, possibly for running a Clojure web server application so I can tap into the process via REPL at any time. Gnu screen or tmux ...

I would like to configure GNU screen such that it stores the command histories of all the different windows in different files.
I know by default GNU screen does not store the command histories (of ...

Currently, when I enter ^a : (control-A followed by ':') to send a command to GNU screen, I can go back one step in the history, and see exactly ONE previous command. This is really annoying, as I'm ...

I would like to launch some application inside screen session but from a script.
Without script I would just launch screen, then open N windows with crtl-a-c and execute programs in each windows.
I ...

I have been using gnu-screen's 'logfile' command to log my session histories when making production changes. I like to log each change in a different directory; this means that whenever I start a new ...

Currently GNU screen will botch up certain keystrokes, for example CTRL pressed in combination with the arrow keys, so that eg when in vim insert mode, CTRL-PGUp will Uppercase the next/current word ...

I have Apache running and GNU Screen at Home. I need to access the comp 100km far away. I want the access only to the files in the folder /var/www.
How can I get a remote control of my computer with ...

I'm looking for a way to get the current window title in GNU screen .
I have a script that use screen -X title something to change the window title when running and I would like to set it back to it's ...